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Timely considering PG's post earlier in the week http://paulgraham.com/name.html http://paulgraham.com/name.html
by fecak 11y ago
Timely considering PG's post earlier in the week http://paulgraham.com/name.html http://paulgraham.com/name.html
- molecule 11y ago> Unless you're so big that your reputation precedes you...
- fecak 11y agoAgreed that nobody is going to think Google is a marginal company. IANAL, but I'd think it's a bit odd that nobody from Google would contact BMW (as BMW spokesperson said in article). An announcement this big concerning two large companies doesn't seem a situation where you'd ask forgiveness rather than permission.
- icebraining 11y agoPermission/forgiveness for what?
- fecak 11y agoThere's a fairly common saying about it being preferable to "beg forgiveness" than to "ask permission". In this case, I was referring to Google possibly mentioning to BMW their intent to use the Alphabet name.
- edpichler 11y agoRegarding of company domain names, I respectably disagree with Paul,and I agree with Ev http://evhead.com/2011/06/five-reasons-domains-are-less-important.html http://evhead.com/2011/06/five-reasons-domains-are-less-impo... Maybe I'm wrong, and it's most easy to "my mind" accept Ev idea.
- fecak 11y agoIn this case, the argument is easily made that a domain name is even less important because the company in question is Google itself.